Comment Re:Is kernel still 64bit? (Score 1) 262
The kernel needs to be an amd64 one for x32 to work, at least as things stand now. The most common situation would _probably_ be an amd64 system with some specialist x32 software doing performance intensive stuff. (Or possibly a hobbyist system running an all-x32 userspace for the hack value.)
Yeah, working with big data is unlikely to benefit, and data _is_ generally getting bigger.